As if the endangered red wolves in eastern North Carolina didn’t have enough to worry aboutfleeting support from the federal government and a lobbying effort from politically connected landowners to remove the speciesnow they are being picked off by humans with guns. A red wolf was found shot dead December 21 in Pocosin Lakes National […]
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The Human Relations Commission Issues a Scathing Report About the Durham County Detention Facility
The word choice is respectful, but make no mistake: the Durham Human Relations Committee’s review of the local justice system—and specifically, the conditions inside the Durham County Detention Facility—is scathing. The INDY obtained a draft of the review and the HRC’s recommended path forward—the commission has been working on the plan since March, two months […]
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Why Hasn’t the City of Durham Released Controversial Cops’ Personnel Files?
It’s been six weeks since Frank Clark was shot and killed by a controversial Durham police officer in McDougald Terrace, and while members of the city council have requested that Governor Roy Cooper expedite the State Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the incident, the city’s reviewdespite numerous allegations of excessive force against Officer Charles Barkley […]
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Breaking: Durham Human Relations Commission Votes to Send Scathing Jail Review to City, County
Members of the Durham Human Relations Commission were all smiles when Wilden Acosta spoke about his experience as a detainee and his life since his release, but when the board allowed residents to weigh in on its review of the Durham County Detention Facility—and its 18-page recommended path forward for the local justice system—things got […]
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Durham Human Relations Commission: Create a Civilian Oversight Board for the Jail, Eliminate Cash Bail
Limit cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Eliminate the cash bail system that “works to keep defendants in jail solely because they cannot afford their cash bond.” Create a civilian oversight board for the Durham County Detention Facility. Those are just a handful of the recommendations members of the city’s Human Relations Commission […]
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ESPN: Coach K Taking Leave of Absence
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is expected to coach the Blue Devils Wednesday evening, but beyond that, it is unclear just when the Hall-of-Famer will return to the bench. Several media outlets are reporting (ESPN was the first to break the story) that Krzyzewski will undergo back surgery Friday, forcing him to miss an undisclosed […]
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NCDHHS Employee Called Elizabeth Warren a “Dike!!!!” [sic] in State Email
Ever wonder what McCrory administration employees do on taxpayer time? Well, here’s an email from July in which a Trump-loving N.C. Department of Health and Human Services project manager named Janet Hensel sounded off on the Democratic National Convention … and a certain senator from Massachusetts, an allegedly insufficient quantity of American flags on the […]
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Resident Blasts Durham City Council, Councilman Eddie Davis, over Frank Clark’s Death; Council Asks for Expedited Investigation
On Monday, the Durham City Council was debating spending more than $1 million to add eighty cars to the police department’s fleeton the face of it, a seemingly mundane agenda item. But Umar Muhammad didn’t see it that way. To Muhammad, an organizer with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice who spoke during the council […]
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Resident: Durham City Council Ignoring Fatal Shooting of Frank Clark; Council to Cooper: Expedite Investigation
Umar Muhammad characterized it as a slap in the face—theDurham City Council’s consideration of purchasing eighty cars to add to the police department’s fleet. So when the board opened the floor for discussion of the matter during their meeting this evening, he spoke his mind. Frank Clark, he said, is still dead—killed November 22 by […]
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Carrboro Alderman: LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Ordinance Possible in Town
While members of the Durham City Council took to Twitter to voice their concerns about Charlotte’s repeal of its nondiscrimination ordinanceand the supposed pending death of HB 2, a member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen told the INDY that deal apparently struck between legislators and Queen City officials “feels risky.” Alderman Damon Seils said […]